Hi,
This week in the lecture I was ten minutes late so thank goodness it was about stuff we learnt last year. Shot sizes, head room, the rule of thirds and the 180 degrees rule.
I never thought about those rules while watching movies, and really I still don't, however the first three seem quite obvious when framing a shot (this could possibly be due to the fact that I did photography in high school). The 180 degree rule however makes so much sense, yet I never even thought about it. If I made a film before I knew this rule I probably would have broken it without noticing, only realizing how silly it looks in post-production.
In the lecture we watched some of the film Rubber, which is interesting because it's not a new concept however it is done in a totally different way. The idea of a psychokinetic person going on a killing spree (à la Carrie) is not an original topic for a film. This movie makes this mass murderer a tire. The film, therefore, is totally different to any other film in the genre of super-mentally-powerful-murder-horror. Yes, that's a genre. No, I didn't make it up (I did). I personally got bored watch the movie but laughed when things exploded, and I really liked the opening scene with the police officer talking about how movies are really about nothing. It was filmed nicely I think, and it was cleverly made. The tire really did seem to have a mind of it's own!
The end.
I never thought about those rules while watching movies, and really I still don't, however the first three seem quite obvious when framing a shot (this could possibly be due to the fact that I did photography in high school). The 180 degree rule however makes so much sense, yet I never even thought about it. If I made a film before I knew this rule I probably would have broken it without noticing, only realizing how silly it looks in post-production.
In the lecture we watched some of the film Rubber, which is interesting because it's not a new concept however it is done in a totally different way. The idea of a psychokinetic person going on a killing spree (à la Carrie) is not an original topic for a film. This movie makes this mass murderer a tire. The film, therefore, is totally different to any other film in the genre of super-mentally-powerful-murder-horror. Yes, that's a genre. No, I didn't make it up (I did). I personally got bored watch the movie but laughed when things exploded, and I really liked the opening scene with the police officer talking about how movies are really about nothing. It was filmed nicely I think, and it was cleverly made. The tire really did seem to have a mind of it's own!
The end.
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